Water monitor uses tongue to track prey, then visual.\rbr\rbrFeeding enclosure.\rbr\rbrVideo for online degree programs, bachelor degree accreditation, and biostatistics for reptile feeding behavior, and degree in zoology. Health insurance is available for exotic pets for health or injury, as per end of video. Shop around. Make sure to take care of your pets.\rbr\rbrAsian Water Monitor (Various salvator) tracks food using tongue to find a wide range of prey. In this video, filmed on April 11, 2007, a demonstration of a monitor lizards ability to scent prey -- that is, to find prey by smelling the air with his tongue first, approximately 10 to feet (3 m) away, and then using eyes to locate the feeder chicks. Monitors have forked tongues, in video please note how they swing their heads side to side to followtrack, locate, dispatch, and consume food. Monitor lizards are fascinating animals.\rbr\rbrForked tongues are split into two tines at the tip. As seen in video, reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming. Following scent trails based on chemical cues is called tropotaxis. Its unclear whether forked-tongued reptiles can ually follow trails or if this is just a hypothesis. Study the video, what do you think?\rbr\rbrMonitor lizards are known to eat birds, eggs, fish, frogs, rodents, crabs, snakes, and carrion. They are also natures disposal system.\rbr\rbrWe think of predators as taking down large adult prey--but in reality young prey are frequently the bulk of a meat-eaters diet. Its why prey species often give birth to many young to compensate for high rates of predation.\rbr\rbrThis video focuses on the science of reptile behavior that supported a masters thesis in zoology. Video is made public for the citation for junior high school, and high school science reports. Also recommended for college and graduate level source citation for zoological biostatistics.\rbr\rbrFilmed with the University of Guadalajara for Biological and Agricultural Sciences, the division of Biological and Environmental Science Division, at the department of Botany and Zoology.